Sprites originated from video game design from the early days of computers. The computer would grab one image at a time from a large group of images.  Contrary to popular belief they are all not all sliced separate images. It is easier to create one large image; you can combine an unlimited number of images into one. In CSS it is the same principle when applying a navigation or buttons in regular and highlighted states. Continue reading CSS Sprites – Nettuts Tutorial

Social Media Series with Emily Paterson: Twitter 101
In this 3-part series, Emily Paterson presents Social Media for Businesses, beginning with an Introduction to Web 2.0, then a quick look at Blogging 101, and finishing with an overview of Twitter 101.

You  know How to Sign Up for a Twitter Account, you’ve Customized and Set Up Your Account, now lets look at the common terms and symbols (#, @, RT) that you will run into while navigating through Twitter. Grab you’re scalpel – we’re going to dissect a tweet! Continue reading Anatomy of a Tweet – A Closer Look at Twitter

Lets pick up right where we left off in How to Sign Up for a Twitter Account and jump into setting up your page. Continue reading How to Customize and Set Up Your Twitter Page

Now that you know HOW to Create Your Facebook Fan Page, lets talk about the basics of managing it. If you are familiar with Facebook and have a personal account, managing your fan page will be fairly easy. If not, I’ll walk you through the basic steps and share some advice. Continue reading Managing Your Facebook Fan Page (Basics)

1. What is a Facebook Fan Page?

Fan Pages are a way for companies, brands, products, bands, organizations, etc to have an official presence on Facebook. While you “can” create a profile page for your company, Facebook frowns upon it and will shut it down if they come across it. Profiles are for people, Pages are for everything else. Like Profiles though, Pages can be enhanced with applications, fan other pages (through the “Add to My Pages Favorites” button), post pictures and updates, receive comments, etc. Pages cannot send messages to individual users though. If you send a message to a user, it will appear to come from your personal account. Continue reading Creating Your Facebook Fan Page

Everywhere you look online it seems, video is popping up. Whether its product videos, customer testimonials, storytelling, commercials, promotional clips, or just goofy personal installments, everyone has jumped on board. Network television has Hulu.com, the bloggers have their vlogs, filmmakers are using Vimeoand AtomFilms, photo sharing sites like Flickr and Photobucket host video, even social networking giants Facebook and MySpace have joined the party- and of course, many still count on the all mighty YouTube to host and link to their video assets. Continue reading 3 Basic Steps for Using Video to Better Market Your Business Online

I’ve had several requests to explain how to create a repeating graphic of a textured background. However, textured backgrounds don’t always lend themselves to tiling without showing edges. Here’s the solution.